West Lake
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| Address: | Hangzhou, Zhejiang |
| Phone: | 0571-87179539 |
| Web site: | http://www.hzwestlake.com |
| Price Range: | ~ free |
| Hours: | 24 hours |
| Level: | AAAAA |
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| Short Description: | West Lake (西湖) have been immortalized by countless poets and artists because of its natural scenery. |
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[edit] Description
West Lake is Hangzhou's top tourist attraction, renowned for picturesque hills on three sides, weeping willow trees, showy flowering trees, rockeries, and ancient stone bridges. The lake area is dotted with some of Hangzhou's most famous historic and scenic attractions, including historical pagodas, cultural sites, and beautiful hills.
West Lake covers an area of around 6.5 square kilometers. The distance from north to south is about 3.2 kilometers, and from east to west, 2.8 kilometers. The circumference is around 15 kilometers. The average depth of West Lake is 2.27 meters, and the capacity is about 14,290,000 cubic meters.
The lake is divided by three causeways called Sudi Causeway (Sugongdi, 苏堤), Baidi Causeway (Baigong Di, 白堤), and Yanggong Di (杨公堤) into five sections, commonly called as Outer West Lake (外西湖), West Inner Lake (西里湖), North Inner Lake (北里湖), Little South Lake (小南湖) and Yue Lake (岳湖).
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West Lake was selected as one of the top 10 National Key Scenic Resort in 1982, and a national 5A tourist resort in 2006. One of the top scenes, called "Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon", was featured on the backs of the fifth version of RMB one yuan bill issued in 2004.
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[edit] What to see
- Baidi Causeway(白堤)
- Bay of Flowers(花港)
- Broken Bridge(断桥)
- Isle of the Hill of Solitude(孤山)
- Little Paradise Island(小瀛洲)
- Park of Orioles Singing in the Willows(柳浪闻莺)
- Pavilion of the Autumn Moon(平湖秋月)
- Sudi Causeway(苏堤)
- Three Pools Mirroring the Moon(三潭印月)
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Traditionally, there are ten best-known scenic spots on the Xī Hú, each remembered by a four-character epithet. Collectively, they are known as the "Ten Scenes of Xī Hú" (10 Scenic Spots in Xī Hú 西湖十景). Each is marked by a stela with the epithet written in the calligraphy of the Qianlong Emperor. They are:
- Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring (蘇堤春曉)
- Curved Yard and Lotus Pool in Summer (曲院風荷)
- Moon over the Peaceful Lake in Autumn (平湖秋月)
- Remnant Snow on the Bridge in Winter (斷橋殘雪)
- Leifeng Pagoda in the Sunset (雷峰夕照)
- Two Peaks Piercing the Clouds (雙峰插雲)
- Orioles Singing in the Willows (柳浪聞鶯)
- Fish Viewing at the Flower Pond (花港觀魚)
- Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon (三潭印月)
- Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill (南屏晚鐘)
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You won't miss it. It's the most noteworthy sight in Hangzhou. West Lake is in the middle of the city. Most city buses stop at points along the shore.
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